Re: (TV) cds vs. vinyl / an objective view

["wesley yang" <wesyang@yahoo.com>]

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I listened to tapes and CD's for years before even owning a record player. I
thought vinyl snobs were full of shit. I've concluded there's no such thing
as a vinyl snob. A snob is, by definition, someone who looks down on others
for inconsequential distinctions.

A person who prefers vinyl is a person who has listened carefully. Period.
To tell the truth, it doesn't even take much in the way of careful listening
to perceive the difference between the brittle sterility of even the best
CD's against the warmth and presence of a well-maintained record.

Vinyl, and analog recording in general, just sounds better. This is not
faddism, snobbery, being set in old ways, clinging to anachronism. It's not
even a matter of taste.

It's just the truth.

End of story.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Allison" <keith@marquee.demon.co.uk>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:44 AM
Subject: (TV) cds vs. vinyl / an objective view


> In message <38B384DEF70FD51190060002B32C2A730CC5E5@vntmail03.volpe.dot.g
> ov>, Casey, Leo J <CaseyL@VOLPE.DOT.GOV> writes
> >ps:  Keith would you say a few words in
> >defense  of vinyl Television/Verlaine.
>
> Vinyl is the only real way to listen to Television/Verlaine albums.
> Vinyl is the only real way to listen to any recorded music. This has
> been scientifically proven here in the south of England where we labour
> night and day conducting exhaustive tests. CDs are great for storing
> computer data and make attractive coasters when they mysteriously decide
> to become unreadable.
>
> Despite the claims of Mr Sony and his cronies, CDs do not last for ever
> and are not indestructible.
>
> CDs were invented as a way of getting Dire Straits music onto the
> shelves of 7-11s and Woolworths. This is true.
>
> To paraphrase my favourite Neil Young theory, people don't really get
> excited about new music any more because their brains quickly become
> bored with the 'predictable' sound produced by CDs.
>
> I know nothing at all about digital technology, CD mastering and the
> like but I know that the sound that "See No Evil" makes rushing out of
> the speakers when I put the '77 record on is the sound of Television and
> I know that nothing I've heard of them on a CD comes close.
>
> Besides, I'm old and all you young folks don't remember the thrill of
> buying each Television/Verlaine record as it came out. I know that all
> any record company ever really wants is my/our money, but when I hold a
> 12" vinyl sleeve in my hand I'm looking at some kind of artwork and when
> I hold a CD I'm looking at a piece of product. The CD is a cynical
> manipulation - hands up anyone who got rid of/stored away their vinyl
> collection and then went and bought the same pieces of music, again, on
> CD.
>
> I guess it's a matter of taste and a question of what you want from a
> recording: a vinyl copy of any Eagles album can also make a most
> attractive bowl or even ashtray when gently heated to pliability in the
> oven. On the other hand, a CD will produce a rather spectacular display
> if placed in a microwave oven for thirty seconds or so.
>
> Besides #2, I'm an opinionated old fart and unlikely to change my ways
> or views at this stage in my life.
>
> K.
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